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As the Lexington County Peach Festival celebrates its 52nd year on July 3rd, the Festival offers a full day of fun with the celebration of America’s birthday. Arts and crafts, children’s rides, and great foods will be available for varying fees in the Gilbert Community Park on Rikard Circle. A parade, three stages of entertainment, an antique tractor and farm equipment display, a car show, a Revolutionary War re-enactment, and a fireworks show will be available without charge. The Revolutionary War re-enactment will host cannon firings at specific times of the day as well as a reading of the Declaration of Independence at noon.

The parade begins at 9:30 a.m., and the fireworks show begins at 10:00 p.m. Junior Division pageant is scheduled for June 26 at 6:30 p.m. Baby Division pageants are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on July 3. The Lexington County Peach Queen pageant is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on July 3. All pageants will be held in the Gilbert Primary School cafetorium.

Enjoy the activities, the shade, and the bar-be-cue, hot dogs, hamburgers, and peach cobbler. Plate BBQ lunches will be available in the park beginning at 11 a.m. Other foods available are BBQ pork and chicken sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, peach ice cream, peach cobbler, peach slush, peach parfaits, peach zip, peach berry split, peach sundaes, peach tea, peach almond delights, fresh peaches, soft drinks, bottled water, and iced tea. Food and drink items will be served until 11 p.m., but plate lunches and cobbler will sell out early.

The Gilbert Community Club has been sponsoring the Lexington County Peach Festival since 1958.